Election 2024: What’s at Stake for Health Equity and How to Protect It

The noise of the 2024 election may seem deafening, but there are critical signals within it—especially for health equity. From the Oval Office to state legislatures to federal agencies and courtrooms, this election stands to powerfully affect our progress toward health equity and justice. And that means that we have an opportunity, and an urgent need, to define what’s at stake for health equity and pursue it.

The truth is that health equity travels not only through health care, but through courts, laws, public budgets and policies, and even obscure administrative departments.  In this webinar, jointly held with HealthBegins, expert panelists will explain the implications of recent threats to health equity (including Supreme Court decisions and new state laws) and illuminate how the upcoming election could affect them. They’ll also outline ways to get involved in collective efforts to help navigate and respond to these stakes.

Together, we’ll articulate a set of key election priorities for health equity, across housing, food, access to justice, and other realms. And we’ll help equip you, as health equity leaders, to mobilize to support these priorities in your institution and your community.

Speakers:

1. Daniel E. Dawes, J.D., Founding Dean, School of Global Health, Meharry Medical College
2. Samantha Artiga, MHSA, Vice President and Director, Racial Equity and Health Policy Program, KFF
3. Anthony Wright, Executive Director, Families USA
4. Rishi Manchanda, MD, MPH, CEO, HealthBegins (host)